Elza is playing at MIST Harlem (46 West 116th St.), Nov. 30-Dec. 14. This feature by NYWIFT member Mariette Monpierre is about a young Parisian woman of Caribbean descent who returns to her native island of Guadeloupe in search of the father she has never known.

"The movie is sensual, sun-kissed and emotionally secretive...this deeply personal debut from the writer and director Mariette Monpierre develops with a lingering attention to sensation and sound."
— Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

NYWIFT programs, screenings and events are supported, in part, by grants from New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.